Usually means: Increasing the economy's overall activity.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. expansionary: Merriam-Webster
  2. expansionary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. expansionary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. expansionary: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Expansionary, expansionary: Wordnik
  6. expansionary: Wiktionary
  7. expansionary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. expansionary: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. expansionary: Dictionary.com
  10. expansionary: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. expansionary: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Expansionary: Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics

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▸ adjective:  That promotes or exhibits expansion; expansionist.

Similar:
hyperexpansive, expatiative, expatiatory, overexpansive, expansivist, extensive, burgeoning, expulsive, sprawling, exhibitionistic, more...

Opposite:
contractionary, restrictive, deflationary

Types:
fiscal, monetary, automatic, more...

Phrases:
expansionary fiscal policy, more...

Colors:
    gold,     silver,     emerald,     sapphire,     ruby, more...

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Similar:
hyperexpansive, expatiative, expatiatory, overexpansive, expansivist, extensive, burgeoning, expulsive, sprawling, exhibitionistic, more...

Opposite:
contractionary, restrictive, deflationary

Types:
fiscal, monetary, automatic, more...

Phrases:
expansionary fiscal policy, more...

Colors:
    gold,     silver,     emerald,     sapphire,     ruby, more...



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